Illegal border crossing

Historical photography

Stefan Katona

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Oswald Kittel in 2021

Oswald Kittel

* 1929

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

brioni, želj zavjesa i frendič 076.JPG (historic)

Lino Kmet

* 1941

Croatia, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing

1948 - 1955 - Tito - Stalin split

Emanuela Köhler in 1942

Emanuela Köhler

* 1924

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

With huge "bells" on his pants in the Canadian city of Moncton (province of New Brunswick), 1978

Jan Köhler

* 1950

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Border Guards, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Petr Kolář in 1968

Petr Kolář

* 1941 †︎ 2023

Emigrant, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical, Friars, Boy Scouts

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Anděla Kostlivá, née Roubíková in 1937

Anděla Kostlivá

* 1920

Illegal border crossing, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, The relative of a political prisoner

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Young Karel Kotek

Ing. Karel Kotek

* 1922 †︎ 2020

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Boy Scouts

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Pavla Kováčová with her daughter, 1940s

Pavla Kováčová

* 1913 †︎ 2013

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, National minorities, Holocaust, The Partisan and 5 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Vladimir Krajina, school photo, 8th class, Vancouver 1960

MUDr. Vladimír Krajina

* 1947

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Illegal border crossing

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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